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Likewise vs Clockwise - What's the difference?

likewise | clockwise |

As adverbs the difference between likewise and clockwise

is that likewise is in a similar manner while clockwise is in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of a clock move.

As an adjective clockwise is

moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

likewise

English

Alternative forms

* likewize

Adverb

(-)
  • (manner) In a similar manner.
  • Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise , its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.
  • (conjunctive) also; moreover; too.
  • Margaret enjoys playing tennis on Saturdays, Jeremy likewise .
  • * about 1900 , O. Henry,
  • "But it looks like the kid ain't got no appetite to git well, for they misses him from the tent in the night and finds him rootin' in the grass, and likewise a drizzle fallin'. 'G'wan,' he says, 'lemme go and die like I wanter. He said I was a liar and a fake and I was playin' sick. Lemme alone.'
  • The same to you; (used as a response).
  • It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. &
  • x2015; Likewise , Mr Thompson.
  • Synonyms

    * (in a similar manner) similarly

    clockwise

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of a clock move.
  • (of movement) Positioned as such when facing the side of a circular structure or configuration, objects moving within the structure approach from the right-hand side, and depart toward the left-hand side.
  • Synonyms

    * (movement) CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasil

    Antonyms

    * (movement) ** ACW, anticlockwise (qualifier) ** CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise (qualifier) ** withershins, widdershins

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
  • In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise .

    See also

    * (Clockwise)